Speakers and chairs 

Richard Rosenquist Brandell, chairperson of the symposium
Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

The following experts are confirmed as speakers: 
 

• Aarno Palotie, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, Finland
• Ahmet Zehir, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
• Albrecht Stenzinger, Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg, Germany
• Anna Lindstrand, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Anna Wedell, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Annika Östman Wernerson, president of Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Berend Snijder, Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETHZ, Switzerland
• Bettina Ryll, MPNE, member of the first EU Cancer Mission Board, Sweden
• Christian Gilissen, Radboud University Medical Center, Netherlands
• Eleftheria Zeggini, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
• Elli Papaemmanouil, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
• Eric Duncavage, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
• Fabrice André, Gustave Roussy, France
• Jakob Forssmed, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health, Swedish Government, Sweden
• Jane Davies, National Heart & Lung Institute, UK
• Jerry Mendell The Ohio State University, USA
• Jordi Merino Copenhagen University, Denmark
• Judith Breuer, University College London, UK
• Kjetil Tasken Institute for Cancer Research, Norway
• Laurence De Leval, Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland
• Melanie Börries, University Freiburg, Germany
• Naomi Wray, University of Queensland, Australia
• Olli Kallioniemi, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Paul Franks, Lund University, Sweden
• Per Falk, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland
• Peter Johansen, Danish National Genome Center, Denmark
• Razelle Kurzrock, Michels Rare Cancers Research Laboratories, MCW Cancer Center
• Sascha Dietrich, University of Duesseldorf, Germany
• Sten Eirik Jacobsen, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Sue Hill, National Health Service (NHS), UK
• Ulrik Lassen, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Denmark

The following experts are confirmed as chairs:
 

• Anders Edsjö, Skåne University Hospital, Sweden
• Anna Lindstrand, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Anna Wedell, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Eva Hellström-Lindberg, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Ingrid Skelton Kockum, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Jan Albert, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Janne Lehtiö, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Jonas Bergh, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Karin Blomqvist, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Kostas Stamatopoulos, Institute of Applied Biosciences at CERTH, the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
• Lucia Cavelier Franco, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Maria Johansson Soller, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Olli Kallioniemi, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Päivi Östling, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Richard Rosenquist Brandell, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
• Thoas Fioretos, Lund University
• Valtteri Wirta, SciLifeLab, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
• Åsa Johansson, SciLifeLab, Uppsala University, Sweden